Article: The contemporary presidency: and we will know their greatness by the trail of controversy: Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt and their increasingly contested successors.(George Washington, Abraham Lincoln)(Report)

Presidential scholars argue that recent presidents are more contested than earlier presidents (Bose 2003; Lonnstrom and Kelly 2003; Murray and Blessing 1994). This is attributable to scholars' limited information--research in progress, data embargos, and classified documents--which prevents contemporary presidents' accomplishments from being revealed and settled. This position predicts that presidents since John E Kennedy are more contested than earlier presidents. By contrast, a more encompassing view on presidential contestedness identifies national historical eras in which a few presidents are considered great because they contributed successfully to solve dire national ...

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